Improvement in picture-nails



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rnonas c. RICHARDS; or New fro-RK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 110,867, dated January 10,-1871.-

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the name.

To all whom it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. R1cHARDs,of the city, county, and Stato of N ew York, have invented a new andnscfnl Imprm'ement in Picture-Nails; and

l do hereby declare that the followingvis a full, clear,` andexact description thereof, which will-enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,*reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this speciiication, in-whieh the igure'is a side view of my improved picture-nail, partly in section, through the porcelain head.A

'lhe objectpf my invention is to provide the public Willian imprv'ed picture-nail; and

`The invention consists in .the construction and arrangement of pints, as hereinafter described, and as speciticallystated in the claim.' l

A' represents the body or spike of the'nail, which is madewith a solid head, a. v body A may be gilt or plated, as desired. B isA the head of the nail, which'may be made of porcelain, glass, orother suitable material, and through thc center of which is formed a hole for the passage of the body or spike of the headed nail A a'. 0 is a ,metallic washer or collar, wbieb'iits `into a countersink or head B. A

The collar C is shrunk orvnressed noon the body of recess formed in the inner side of the 'lhesolid head d of thethe solid-headed nail A a' after the head B has been placed upon it, so as'to securely confine the said head in place upon the said .nail A a'. Or the-said head B may' he placedloosely upon thebody of-the nail A a', so that Iit maybe pushed forward when the nail is driven and held back bythe. card, the collar C not.

being used. This construction enables the porcelain-headed nail to be driven with the saniefac'ility as if there were no porcelain head upon it, and at the same time without any danger of breaking or cracking the porcelain head,

- thus forminga strong, durable, and convenient pic-- ture-nail, and one at the same time highly-ornamental.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-A The scalp B, held in place or in contact with the anvil or4 headaV ofthe nail A by means 0f the Washer G, substantially as herein -shown and described.

.The above specification of myinvention signed by Ine .this 14th-day of December', 1869.

Witnesses: ALEX.; F, ROBERTS,

JAMssT. GRAHAM.

T. "'G. RICHARDS. 

